National Startup Day Special Meetup in Bengaluru

Happened on January 16, Thursday, 2025
6:30pm — 08:30pm (GMT+05:30)
Draper Startup House Koramangala
48 slots booked.
Vaishvi Bansal - Portfolio Manager, Marwari Catalysts Raeeza Tameez - VC, Leo Capital sunith mandala - Senior Investment Associate, Exfinity Venture Partners Mansi Baheti - Community & Operations, Draper Startup House Vishnu Thankappan - Founder, HelpGenie YASH SETHIYA - Software Developer, OLA Kiriti Kittu - Entrepreneur Abhishek AN - Founder - Dash and Coop Karan Bahadur - Founder, Draper Startup House India Mani Ratna Monu - Founder, meetX Rishit Kumar - Founder ClouVix Ritik Kumar Pathak - SDE intern at Neocubelabs Pvt Ltd Naveen Prasath M - Founder & CEO - Liquorream Harish J - Co-Founder ,Pet lens Radhika Kalra - Student Samanvitha Karanth - AI/ML Engineer Foorqan Dada - Managing partner, Gift Nation Akash Akku - Founder & CEO Sai Krishna Kornipalli - Software Developer Rohan Roy - Founder @Zusconnect Suhail Ahamed F - Activist in sustainability space Harshvardhan Zaveri - CEO, Orbit Wallet Shahir Abdul - Founder Saniya Verma - Founder,Koor Uday Bajaj - Founder Anmol Mahajan - Founder, RoamPrime Om Raj - Student, JSSATE-B Satvik Babu, CFA - Portfolio manager, Foresight family office Sidharth Vijayan - Founder Santosh Krishna Murthy - Promptitude Accounting Services Pvt Ltd Abhishek S - Principal GS Kumar - LinkedIn Trainer & LinkedIn Marketing for B2B High Ticket Clients Shyam Popat - Business Strategy Analyst Mahendra Yadav - Product Manager, Xaigi Chaitanya Badave - Founder, Buy Or Skip Dipayan Dey - Founder of adinfinity Partha Sarthi - Founder, ElevateIdea Avhijit Nair - Founder/CEO of HydroPlas Tech Kush Gupta - Tech Innovator Rajat Garg - Venture Fellow, Vectors Capital Parv Kumar Goyal - Founder & CEO - Planetary Vimaana Research Labs Jayanth Ramesh - Founder Sourabh Akash - Co-Founder, Oopar Club
Agenda:

National Startup Day deserves something real. Join eChai Ventures and Draper Startup House in Bengaluru on January 16, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, for an evening of sharp ideas, real insights, and startup energy. Founders, investors, and curious minds—this is where it happens.


We’re keeping it simple: a panel of investors who’ve seen it all will share real insights on fundraising. From pitching to negotiations, this isn’t about theory- it’s about what works in today’s market. Honest conversations, actionable advice, and no fluff.


If you’re a founder gearing up to raise funds or someone curious about the world of startups, this event is for you. It’s free, open to all, and designed to connect you with the right people and ideas. Show up, listen, learn, and take that next step.

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Mehul Shah - Co-Founder at Counselvise & Ivy Growth
Mehul Shah
Co-Founder at Counselvise & Ivy Growth
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Shrijay Sheth
Founder at LegalWiz.in and Hire4Higher Consulting
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